Destination: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 | By coggos | Views [3724]

 Sri Lanka 5th September 2012 Only 3 hour flight with Air Asia and we arrive in Colombo. You would think that after travelling for 4 months we would have everything worked out for this new country, where to go, what to do, what to see. Well we kind ... Read more >

Tags: aragum bay, colombo, ella, kandy, midigama, sri lanka, tangalle, unawatuna, uppevali

Diary of a beginner surfer in Arugam Bay

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 | By flashorton | Views [3651] | Comments [6]

8.00am: Wake up cold, with the fan blowing hard through the mozzie net. The sound of the surf crashing against the shore, the fan rattling, the yowling and screeching and squeaking of the dogs and crows and chipmunks. Feel the night’s bites start to ... Read more >

Tags: arugam bay, sri lanka, surfing

August - Esala Perahera (Tooth Festival), Sri Lanka

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [3422] | Video

Location: Dalada Maligawa, Raja Vidiya, Kandy, Sri Lanka Dates: Ten days ending on the full moon in August Level of Participation: 4 – jostle for a view of tuskers Description: Legend has ... Read more >

Tags: esala perahera, sri lanka, tooth festival, world festivals

Unawatuna Beach Party and signing a bit of paper!

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 | By steve_and_emma | Views [2439]

Here, are the details from the day of our wedding in Unawatuna, Sri lanka on the 24th of March 2008. I will start with a little bit of a build up to the day and at some later date I may even get around to telling you about the rest of our holiday. ... Read more >

A wave goodbye

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 | By elise_beacom | Views [1770] | Comments [3]

Waves are recurring motion. Ever tumbling, ever crashing, forming great peaks before hollowing out in a shower of foam. Their existence evokes a sundry of organic human responses. The human can dominate the wave, or suffer its wrath like a forgotten ... Read more >

Tags: arugam bay, beaches, sri lanka, surfing, waves

Arrival

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [1046]

Touch down! Hurrah, I am finally here! After a few weeks of rushed preparations I have landed in Sri Lanka. I get off the plane and am immediately hit by the heat and humidity, what am I doing where all these layers of clothes? Two seconds off the ... Read more >

woah, that things huge

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By scarlett333 | Views [934] | Comments [4]

Tags: Adventures

Where To Get a Great View + Killer Snacks

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [846]

Our epic, 7-hour train journey from Kandy to Bandarawela took us high into the mountains. I was now in tea. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. As we pulled in, green mountains dominated the view, and a sign on the outskirts of town welcomed us to “... Read more >

Tags: #feastsl, culinary travel, food, hill country, liptons seat, sri lanka, tea, tea picking, world nomads, world travel

The feeling of being a Sri Lankan for three days

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 | By zworld | Views [605]

“So this is your itinerary for the day.  Gayan will tour you around the city of Colombo, probably visit other places, and of course, he will also bring you to Mcdonald’s.”  Dr. Deshapriya Wijetunge reminding me and Gayan (a member of the Sri Lanka ... Read more >

Tags: dehiwalla, sri lanka, sri lanka united nations friendship organization, sunfo, wijetunge, zarny zaragoza

Sri Lanka's secret forest climb

Fri, 22 May 2015 | By | Views [275] | Scholarship Entry

“Beware of the elephants later sir, they are dangerous at night,” my tuk-tuk driver said, casually, as we hurtled down a pothole-ridden dirt road. Glancing anxiously at the ominous walls of undergrowth flanking me on either side, I imagined a gruesome ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Photos: Colombo

Sat, 7 Mar 2020 | By mtmmeyer | Photo Gallery

Photos: Sri Lanka

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 | By evagore | Photo Gallery

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Thu, 1 Sep 2011 | By thushy_photography | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011

Gallery: sri lanka

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By scarlett333 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Hikkaduwa

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 | By bafarrell | Photo Gallery